Granit Xhaka Quotes

When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

In football, it's not enough just to be amazing, but you also have to have a clear head. If you're not calm, it becomes very difficult.

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there's no pressure, then I'm not in the perfect zone.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.

You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun.

Once you are on court, everything is different. I focus on the match.

It's not only about a game and tennis, but it's more about the mental things sometimes.

I know how to zone myself in and just play the game.

I have to be mentally right every time I take the floor.

People deal with the concentration needed to do well in a two-hour race in different ways.

At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

I never read my press when I was competing. I never got caught up in what I was doing at that moment.

I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.

The biggest thing was just getting comfortable out there in front of all the people and just the whole major setting and how difficult major championships are, how patient... you have to be.

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else.